More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/more-recycling-wont-solve-plastic-pollution/
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A lot of it seems to be abandoned fishing gear. Another 20% is from the 2011 Japan tsunami, which can't be helped by recycling. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/great-pacific-ga...
I found it crazy just how much fishing lines, hooks, sinkers, etc end up in just a small river.. this guy on YouTube dives for and cleans them up as well as finding all manner of iPhones, GoPros, Knives, etc...
https://www.youtube.com/user/DALLMYD
If you get that in a small narrow river (admittedly it's a little rocky but still) you can only imagine what ends up in the oceans etc.
If you get that in a small narrow river (admittedly it's a little rocky but still) you can only imagine what ends up in the oceans etc.